MANASQUAN - Three people, including a child, were taken away by medics after a three-car crash sandwiched a van carrying schoolchildren, witnesses said.

A black pickup truck rear-ended the white passenger van around 8 a.m. Wednesday on Route 71 just north of Main Street, according to witnesses, pushing it into a lumber truck. They said two women and one child appeared to have been injured.

"He was definitely flying," said witness Eric McBride of Asbury Park of the pickup truck.

"He couldn't stop, let's put it that way," said fellow witness Charles Perry. Both McBridge and Perry are from Asbury Park.

Police did not immediately provide information on the incident and instructed the Asbury Park Press to file a formal records request.

The school van had "Vamvas Transportation Services" painted on the side. Nobody picked up phone numbers listed for Vamvas and their voicemail boxes were full.